Foundering
Foundering: A Brilliant Programmer and a Lot of Wild Living
After his murder, Bob Lee’s friends and family felt that his story was obscured by waves of headlines, rumors, and misinformation, first about street crime in San Francisco, then about the debaucherous lifestyle of the city's elite.
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Weeks after his death, Bob Lee’s toxicology report was released, indicating that he had alcohol, cocaine, and ketamine in his system. While his killing no longer fit neatly with the San Francisco Doom Loop narrative, a new story emerged that Lee traveled through an underground party scene known as “the Lifestyle.” Lee was turned into a symbol for a second time, now representing the secret world of the wealthy tech elite.